Salary Range:
€85,100.00 - €158,100.00
Band
Level 6
Job Description Summary
Step into a role where your expertise directly safeguards patients and shapes the future of medicine.
Job Description
Location:
Barcelona, Spain
Working Model:
Hybrid
Relocation Support:
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support - please only apply if this location is accessible to you.
( Note: there is another GPSL role in CRM that is open to applications from London, UK on requisition number 10084476)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end‑to‑end safety strategy for assigned programs across development and lifecycle management
- Serve as scientific safety leader within general program, clinical, and trial teams
- Proactivelyidentify, assess, and manage safety signals using data from all relevant sources
- Chair and drive Safety Management Teams to ensuretimely, robust safety decision‑making
- Own and deliver core medical safety documents, ensuring consistency and scientific rigor
- Guide benefit‑risk evaluations and safety positioning across regulatory submissions




- Act as primary safety contact for health authority interactions and inquiries
- Partner cross‑functionally to embed safety insights into development, labeling, and lifecycle decisions
- Ensure compliant documentation, tracking, and governance of all safety activities
- Mentor and guide colleagues, strengthening medical safety capabilities across the organization

Essential Requirements
- Medical Degree or equivalent (preferred), PhD, PharmD or equivalent graduate level health care professional degree required.
- 5+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical drug development within a global pharmaceutical organization
- 3+ years of postdoctoral, patient‑facing clinical experience (e.g., hospital, clinic, or medical practice setting)
- 2+ years of hands‑on experience in drug safety/pharmacovigilance or medical safety roles
- Provenexpertisein benefit‑risk evaluation and clinical safety assessment across development phases
- Demonstrated ex

📌 Global Program Safety Lead (Barcelona)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Barcelona